LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY 



VOL. II.] 



i. Ammannia coccinea Rottb. Long- 

 leaved Ammannia. (Fig. 2539.) 



Ammannia coccinea Rottb. PI. Hort. Havn. Descr. 7. 1773. 



Ammannia latifolia T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 480. 1840. 

 Not L. 1753. 



Erect, glabrous, branching below, 6 / -2</ high. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, all obtusely cordate-auriculate 

 and dilated at the somewhat clasping base, acuminate 

 or acute at the apex, entire, \'-^ f long, \ ff -^, /f wide; 

 flowers 1-5 in each axil, sessile or very nearly so; 

 petals purple, fugacious; style elongated, very slender, 

 usually more than one-half the length of the capsule. 



In swamps, southern Indiana and Iowa to Kansas, south 

 to Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico and Brazil. Also on 

 the Pacific Islands. We have seen no specimens from east 

 of the Alleghanies. July-Sept. 



2. Ammannia Koehnei Britton. Koehne's Ammannia. (Fig. 2540.) 



Ammannia Koehnei Britton, Bull. Torr. 

 Club, 18: 271. 1891. 



Ammannia humilis ft T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 

 480. 1840. 



Erect, glabrous, 6 / -2o / high, at length 

 freely branching. Leaves obovate, ob- 

 lanceolate, or somewhat spatulate, obtuse 

 or obtusish at the apex, the upper ones 

 clasping and more or less auriculate at the 

 base, the lower narrowed and sessile or 

 tapering into a short petiole; flowers 1-3 

 together in the axils, sessile; petals pur- 

 ple (?), fugacious; stamens very short, 

 not exserted; style very short; capsule 

 enclosed by the calyx. 



In swamps, Hackensack marshes, N. J., 

 to Florida. July-Sept. 



3. Ammannia auriculata Willd. 

 Wright's Ammannia. (Fig. 2541.) 



Ammannia auriculata Willd. Hort. Berol. 7. i>l. 7. 

 1806. 



Ammannia Wrightii A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2:55. l $53- 



Erect, a'-io' high, at length widely branching. 

 Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate or oblong, acute 

 oracutish at the apex, auriculate at the base, %'- 

 1%' long, about 2" wide; flowers in axillary pe- 

 duncled cymes; pedicels ^"-i^" long; petals 

 purple; style slender; stamens exserted; capsule 

 partly enclosed by the calyx. 



Nebraska and Kansas to Texas, Ecuador and Bra- 

 zil. Also in Asia and Africa. May-June. 



